Kinsale Silver bowl with mythical status on offer for €45,000

Des O’Sullivan hears of a €45,000 ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ dealer’s find.

A Kinsale silver bowl with an almost mythical status has surfaced with well-known silver dealer William Crofton of L and W Duvallier, Dublin and London.

A second generation dealer of 40 year’s standing Crofton said the piece — made by Robert Armstrong around 1750 — is the rarest provincial bowl he has ever had on his books.